Alex is currently a postdoctoral research associate at Rutgers University where he is working for his former PhD. advisor Oscar Schofield. Oscar is the principal investigator of the phytoplankton and bio-optics components of the Antarctic Long Term Ecological Research (LTER). Alex’s PhD. thesis was focused on the links between phytoplankton physiology and oceanic carbon sequestration. For the last half of his PhD. studies, Alex commuted via train and bike from New York City to New Brunswick, NJ. In NYC, he lived with his girlfriend Elizabeth (Zibba). Alex and Elizabeth met in 2001 as undergraduates at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB). While at UCSB Alex completed degrees in Hydrology and Geography and worked as an intern processing satellite remote sensing data from the Santa Barbara Channel for Dave Siegel. Outside of the earth sciences, Alex’s passions are long distance running, climbing, and getting lost in the political blogosphere.
